虚 (虛)

  1. adjective empty; devoid of content; void
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '虛' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '虛' 1, p. 514; Unihan '虛')
  2. adjective false
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 弄虚作假 'to practice fraud' (CCI p. 24; Guoyu '虛' adj 4; Kroll 2015 '虛' 4, p. 514; Unihan '虛')
  3. noun hill; mound
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 墟 (Guoyu '虛' n 1; Kroll 2015 '虛', p. 514)
  4. proper noun Xu; Barrens
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Name of one of the 28 lunar lodgings (Guoyu '虛' n 7; Kroll 2015 '虛' 7, p. 514)
  5. noun ruins
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 墟 (Kroll 2015 '虛', p. 514)
  6. noun empty space
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 空间 (Guoyu '虛' n 2)
  7. noun a hole; a void
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 空隙 (Guoyu '虛' n 3; Unihan '虛')
  8. noun the sky
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 天空 (Guoyu '虛' n 5; Kroll 2015 '虛' 3, p. 514)
  9. noun weakness
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 弱势 (Guoyu '虛' n 4)
  10. adjective sparse; rare
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 稀少 (Kroll 2015 '虛' 2, p. 514)
  11. adjective weak; not substantial
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 虚弱 (Guoyu '虛' adj 3; Kroll 2015 '虛' 2a, p. 514)
  12. noun a direction
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 方位; for example 四虚 the four directions (Guoyu '虛' n 6)
  13. adjective flustered
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 心慌 (Guoyu '虛' adj 5)
  14. adjective modest
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 谦虚 (Guoyu '虛' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '虛' 6, p. 514)
  15. verb to empty
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 使空 (Guoyu '虛' v 1)
  16. adverb in vain; to no purpose; for nothing; wasted
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 虚 is synonymous with 白白地 (Guoyu '虛' adv; Kroll 2015 '虛' 5, p. 514)
  17. noun death
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '虛' 1b, p. 514)
  18. noun false; mithya
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: mithyā (BCSD '虛', p. 1034; MW 'mithyā')
  19. noun empty; in vain; tuccha
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: tuccha (BCSD '虛', p. 1034; MW 'tuccha')

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Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 1 Avoiding Misfortune Caused by the Seven Planets (Qi Yao Rang Zai Jue) 七曜攘災決 — count: 102
  • Scroll 2 Er Di Yi 二諦義 — count: 59
  • Scroll 2 New Commentary on the Zhao Lun 肇論新疏 — count: 55
  • Scroll 1 Zhao Lun 肇論 — count: 53 , has English translation
  • Scroll 14 Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經 — count: 52 , has English translation , has parallel version
  • Scroll 1 Viṁśatikāvṛtti (Dasheng Weishi Lun) 大乘唯識論 — count: 47
  • Scroll 8 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 45
  • Scroll 9 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 44
  • Scroll 4 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 43
  • Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 42

Collocations

  • 余虚 (餘虛) 此實餘虛 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 99
  • 饥虚 (飢虛) 各懷飢虛 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 14 — count: 7
  • 陵虚 (陵虛) 陵虛至東方 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 6
  • 虚渴 (虛渴) 眾甚虛渴欲見世尊 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 19 — count: 5
  • 虚耗 (虛耗) 外色不潔果實虛耗 — Fenbie Shan E Bao Ying Jing (Śukasūtra)分別善惡報應經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
  • 虚旷 (虛曠) 生虛曠無限容受勝身 — Yangjuemoluo Jing (Aṅgulimālīyasūtra) 央掘魔羅經, Scroll 3 — count: 3
  • 虚软 (虛軟) 佛住三十三天驄色虛軟石上 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 19 — count: 3
  • 色虚 (色虛) 佛住三十三天驄色虛軟石上 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 19 — count: 3
  • 气力虚 (氣力虛) 氣力虛竭 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 3
  • 虚竭 (虛竭) 氣力虛竭 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 3